My Mum’s Dementia Story - When a Parent is Diagnosed with Dementia – A personal account ( the author would like to remain anonymous). With someone every 3 seconds being diagnosed with dementia. It is highly likely that you know at least one person if not more affected by this disease. Of those people who have dementia it is thought only 25-50% of those have a formal diagnosis. But what happens when a parent is diagnosed with dementia? How does this affect family dynamics? Wha